On the label

The question of whether The Canaries (Norwich City Football Club) was named after the polish and the strip changed to the yellow and green as the polish tin is unresolved. The popular pastime of canary rearing in Norwich and Norfolk had given rise to the team’s nickname of “The Canaries” by April 1905 and by February 1907 this moniker had been adopted by the national press. The following season, inspired by the nickname, City played for the first time in Canary livery; yellow shirts with green collars and cuffs. A local paper reported that “The Cits (previous nickname of Citizens) are dead but the Canaries are very much alive”.Photo: David PrattPhoto: David Pratt